Gluteal abscess: An unusual complication of Bacille Calmette-Guérin

Hakan Buyukoglan; Inci Gulmez; Nuri Tutar; Fatma S Oymak; Asiye Kanbay; Ramazan Demir

doi:10.4103/1817-1737.84780

Gluteal abscess: An unusual complication of Bacille Calmette-Guérin

Ann Thorac Med. 2011 Oct;6(4):235-6. doi: 10.4103/1817-1737.84780.

Authors

Hakan Buyukoglan¹, Inci Gulmez, Nuri Tutar, Fatma S Oymak, Asiye Kanbay, Ramazan Demir

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pulmonary Disease, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey.

Abstract

Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) has been used extensively as a vaccine against human tuberculosis. Herein, we describe gluteal tuberculosis abscess due to inadvertently injected BCG a patient with bladder cancer.

Keywords: Bacille Calmette-Guerin; bladder cancer; gluteal abscess; tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports